Eighth Grade:
- In science, U.S. eighth-graders exceeded the international average and outperformed their peers in 32 of the 44 other participating countries. U.S. eighth-graders performed lower, on average, than their peers in seven countries and were not found to perform measurably different from students in five countries.
- An examination of the performance of students from the other 12 OECD-member countries shows that U.S. eighth-grade students outperformed their peers in science in 5 of the countries (Belgium-Flemish, Italy, Norway, Scotland, and the Slovak Republic) and were outperformed by their peers in 3 of the countries (Hungary, Japan, and Korea).
| Country | Average Score |
| International Average | 473 |
| Singapore | 578 |
| Chinese Taipei | 571 |
| Korea, Republic of | 558 |
| Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) | 556 |
| Estonia | 552 |
| Japan | 552 |
| Hungary | 543 |
| Netherlands | 536 |
| United States | 527 |
| Australia | 527 |
| Sweden | 524 |
| Slovenia | 520 |
| New Zealand | 520 |
| Lithuania | 519 |
| Slovak Republic | 517 |
| Belgium-Flemish | 516 |
| Russian Federation | 514 |
| Latvia | 512 |
| Scotland | 512 |
| Malaysia | 510 |
| Norway | 494 |
| Italy | 491 |
| (Israel) | 488 |
| Bulgaria | 479 |
| Jordan | 475 |
| Moldova, Republic of | 472 |
| Romania | 470 |
| Serbia | 468 |
| Armenia | 461 |
| Iran, Republic of | 453 |
| (Macedonia, Republic of) | 449 |
| Cyprus | 441 |
| Bahrain | 438 |
| Palestinian National Authority | 435 |
| Egypt | 421 |
| Indonesia | 420 |
| Chile | 413 |
| Tunisia | 404 |
| Saudi Arabia | 398 |
| (Morocco) | 396 |
| Lebanon | 393 |
| Philippines | 377 |
| Botswana | 365 |
| Ghana | 255 |
| South Africa | 244 |
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Reprinted with the permission of the National Center for Education Statistics.
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